Carl Wittwer's Biography

Carl Wittwer, Professor, University of Utah

Carl Wittwer, MD, PhD is a professor of Pathology at the University of Utah. He introduced rapid cycle PCR in the early 1990s and was the primary inventor of the LightCycler system for real time PCR. In the 2000s, he also developed high resolution melting (HRM) for genotyping and variant scanning. He is currently chairman of BioFire Diagnostics (formerly Idaho Technology), still focused on increasing the speed and performance of targeted DNA diagnostics.